Shareholders chose to keep Hirai and other executives despite Sony losing money for six of the past seven years.

"The best way to build our future is for Sony to remain Sony, and realize our motto to become a company that inspires and fulfils your curiosity," Hirai said.

He reportedly asked hecklers to "please keep quiet" on several occasions during the meeting.

However, nearly six million votes were cast in favor of Hirai's proposals for the firm, with less than 10% against.

Sony's television department has not been profitable for 10 years, but the PS4 has helped the company's fortunes.

"From a profitability perspective, PS4 is also already contributing profit on a hardware unit basis, establishing a very different business framework from that of previous platform businesses," Hirai said back in May.

Hirai became Sony's chief executive in 2012, having previously led Sony Computer Entertainment since 2006.